Gun-magazine attachment



W. OSBORNE. GUN MAGAZINE ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 25, 1920.

Patented Apr. 12, 1921.

William Os borne aumm,

warren;.STMES] winnraiprlosnoannpor A B RN, n BaAs aj H lGfiN-MAGAZINE Armenia/L M; J j i T '0 all whom it may-concern? Be it-known that ILWILL'IAM OsBoRNn a citizen of the United States, residing at Auburn, inthe'county of Nemaha and btate" may "be readily clamped uponqth'e 'm 'aga of Nebraska, have-invented certain new and useful- "Improvements in Gun-Magazine- Attachments, of which the following-is a specification. 7 ii I This invention relates to an attachment adapted to be appliedto any rifle,carbine, shot-gun or other arm provided with a magazine, and has for'itsobject to provide; ag holder or containen for 'cartridges 'which zine to provide an extra supplyof ammunition, advantage being taken of the fact that the magazine, below,the'gLm-barrel-,'Lis gen-- section', 's0' that the resilient holder may be mounted upon the magazine oragun,

er'ally eireularor of conv'exe'd form incrossreadily applied or. removed;

, The invention consists ofthe novel con struction, combination arrangement of parts as described lll'61Il'aI1C1 OlL1H1 6d;&I1C l as illustrated in the" acoqmpanying drawing,

wherein,-- U V Figure 1 1s a slde'vlew showing the device Fig.

j 2 is a side view ofthe-idevice FigL-3 is a plan view of the same, F1g.'- 4:. is an-enlarged, broken away detail relating to Fig. v

2, showing a housing-tube and a tubular cartridge carrier telescoped therein. Fig. 5 is a view showing a tubular cartridge carrier. Fig. 6 is a' bottom plan view showing end port ons of the pair of housing tubes. Fig. 7 is an end view of the device; Fig. 8 shows an end view of a gun barrel provided with a magazine, andshowing thefmagazine attachment mounted thereon.

1 springs Referring now to the draw ng for a more; partlcular description, numeral 9 indicates the magazine of a gun'10, said'magazine being, conventionally, of circular form in cross-section; and, as a convenlent means for carrying a supply of cartridges,'additional to those contained in the magazine,I provide an attachment or appendage consisting, input, of a pair of housing-tubes 11,- each being open atone of its'ends said tubes being disposed side by side and approximately parallel, V

12, so that the device :when disposed below the magazine, may. be pressed upwardly for" engagement of "its springs with the magazine, the tubes 11 thereby be-,

' ing disposed at the sides and a plane and: being connected bybow-shaped .sw fi efin aaaaipaiz.192i: 1 7 Application filed September 25,]19201' Serial 110.41233'1.

theiriends with-extensions or projections-w wherebythey' will have a formlf'in cross-sec: v tlon "considerably greater than 1 a half-circle.

sothat they will not become detached from;

the magazine unless manually removed. While I have shown three-springs for sup porting the device upon-the magazine, their number may be greater or"less; i also the tubesll may have any'suitable length, and it willbe noted that on account of i the. resili-- ency ofmembers 12the tubes mayibereadily .mounted upon the magazine and may be conveniently removed therefrom, thef resiliency of the SPI'lIIgS being dependeduponfor this COIlIlGCtlOIif- F e i I The remainingjparts of the device cionsist'ja ofza pa r of 'tubulareartridge minerals;

each beingbpen at its distal end faha'ndff its 'oppositeeend being'provide a -i' v dle' or; bossgl4. 'iNumerals 15 indicate slots 1 which are provided for.memb ers- 13and which open upon? the} distal ends? thereof' as'.

an aidin removing cartridges therefrom v andieach' tubular cartridge carrier'l3-"is pro: 1,

videdr 'wit hxa lug 16 adapted to? engageiin -a 'rece's'sl'l' of angular form, these slotsf17 be-' 8-5 V ing provided for the housing tub open ends thereof}. It will be understood 7 es; nearthe 1 ing the operation when it is desired to re .move cartrldges "oreto place cartridges .in'

said carriers, the lugs 16 operating 1n a prac 95 tical way to prevent accidental removal of the cartridge carriers from the housing tubes.

The attachment since it provides a convenient means for carrying an extra. supplyf'jof cartridges,is I r not 'obtrusivem use,"w1ll be durable in use and may be practically and'economically manufactured. V

in form, size, proportion: and" minor details of the invention .as claimed.

that, of-the. I handles 14, the. tubular cartridge carriers '7 mayj'be partly rotated *for moving the lugs', Y

as described willihe a -f' prec ated by all usersot ga -gun o While I have described "construeti'on in .15 i

detail, Ifdo not wish 'to be understood as, limiting myself in this respect, and changes What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,-r V i l.' In an attachment for a gun magazine having a tubular form in cross-section, a

pair of tubes for containing cartridge/mend resilient means connecting said tubes for pressing them 1nto engagement with the magazine when disposed upon the opposed sides thereof. b

2. In an attachment for-la gun magazine having a convexed part in cross-sect1on, a

pair of tubes for containing cartridges, curved springs disposed transversely of and V V connectedwith said tubes, said tubes being adapted to be disposed in engagement with the opposed sides of -the; magazine and to be maintained in said engagement by con;

traction of'the springs and adapted to be removed fIOIILS SLIld engagement byv exp'anding saidsprings. I a I In anattachment for a gun magazine;

having a tubular form in crosssection disposed below the gun barrel, a pair of ap proximately parallel tubes, springs disposed transversely of and connected with ;--said tubes, said springs: being of--.concavo -convex form for engaging the lower part of the magazine and havingprojections extending beyond its ends for. engaging the *opposed sides of'the magazine in a plane; inwardly of the longitudinal-axis of said magazine,

4. In an attachment fort a gun magazine. having a. tubular form' ini'cr'oss-section, a'

pair of tubeseachbeing open at one of its ends, a second pair ofitubes open atone of their ends each being provided with ahandle'opposite to -its openend and adapted to have slidable movements in a first named tube, sp rings of concavo-convex form connecting thetubes of the first pair, said first named tubesbeing adapted to be disposed in "engagementwith the sides of the magazine with their springs engaging a part of the convexed wallof said magazine.

5. In anattachment for a gun magazine having a part of concaved form in cross-section disposed below the gun barrel, a pair of approximately parallel tubes each being open at one ofits ends, curvedsprings'disposed transversely of and connected with said tubes, a second pair of tubes adapted to have slidable movementsin the first named tubes, each second tube being open at one of its ends and having a handle at its opposite end and provided with a slot extending longitudinally thereof toits open end, said first named tubes being adaptedto be disposed at the opposite sides of the magazine adjacent to the, gun barrel with their long'itudinal axes inwardlyof the longitudinal axis offsaid magazine; a t 6. In an attachment fora gun magazine,

a pair of approximately parallel tubesfor containing cartridges, bowshaped;'springs'-. disposed crosswise of and havlng thelr ends.

I have aflixed my 

